Form I-515A may be issued to students who have document and/or SEVIS fee discrepancies when entering the US. This document allows you to have temporary admission to the US and must be addressed within 30 days. Learn more

The International and Exchange Student Center (IESC) would like to inform all F-1 international Students that beginning July 1, 2016 all IESC requests (with the exception of travel signature requests*) will need to be submitted via email to iescrequest@csun.edu. Read more

On March 11, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security published a final rule allowing certain F-1 students who receive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) degrees, and who meet other specified requirements, to apply for a 24-month extension of their post-completion OPT. The 24-month extension will replace the 17-month STEM OPT extension previously available to STEM students. Eligible students may begin applying for a 24-month STEM OPT extension on May 10, 2016. For more information regarding the New Rule for STEM OPT extension and the eligibility requirements, please visit the STUDY in the STATES – STEM OPT Extension. For information regarding how to transition to the New STEM OPT Rule, please click here. Read more